Support for steam-condensers.



L. R. ALBERGER. SUPPORT FOR STEAM GONDENSBRS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 12,1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS R. ALBERGER, OF GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ALBERGERCONDENSER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SUPPORT FOR STEAM-CONDENSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed July 12, 1907. Serial No. SBBAAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis B. ALBERGER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Greenwich, county of Fairiield, State ofConnecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inSupports for Steam-Condensers, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention relates to means for supporting a steam condenserof the type with which a centrifugal or turbine pump is employed for thepurpose of withdrawing water from the condenser.

The object of the invention is to enable the condenser to be sosupported that its weight will not place any undue strain or pressureupon theworking mechanism of the pump, and also so that very easy accessto the interior of the pump, the pump head, and other parts maybepermitted, it being primarily important that the supporting means forthe condenser should not obstruct the easy access to the pump.

In my co-pending application for Letters Patent, filed July 12, 1907,Serial No. 383,445 I have illustrated, described and claimed a form ofthe invention in which lateral legs,

piers, uprights, or other similar supports are employed in such a manneras to leave a free space below the condenser to be occupied by theconnections between the pump and the condenser, thereby also permittingfreer access than hitherto to the pump head and to the interior of thepump. Or, in other words, in said application, there is a number ofsymmetrically disposed supports for the condenser arranged so as not tointerfere with easy access to the pump, said supporting means beingnon-central or non-axial with the condenser, so that it is possible toreach below the condenser between the supports and approach the pumpwith easy access and facility to inspect or investigate it for anydesired purpose. In the combination in said application, moreover, thepump is located at a point between the condenser and the motor whichdrives the pump. In my present improvement, I have an extension of theidea embodied in the other application, and in the present instance thepump, which is of the centrifugal or turbine variety, is situated at theside of the condenser opposite to where the motor is located, so thatthe elbow and other connections between the condenser and the pump,instead of curving toward the motor, curve in a direction away from themotor, and the pump is reversed in position. None the less, however, inthis case than in the mechanism contained in the other application, doesthe whole combination form one compact integral and self contained unitwith all the parts ready of access without disturbing the alinement andrelation of the principal elements one to the other. Inasmuch as thepump is, by the reversal of its position, placed beyond the spacebetween the condenser and the motor, it is, of course, easilyaccessible, and hence it is not always essential to use symmetricallydisposed supports as in the other application for upholding thecondenser so as to leave an open space beneath it; but the column orfoot form of support below the condenser, and forming a part of theconnections between the condenser and the pump, can be utilized witheffectiveness.

The invention consists essentially, therefore, in the construction,arrangement and combination of the various parts, substantially as willbe hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention: Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a centrifugal jet condenser provided with my improvedsupporting devices for the condenser chamber, in combination with animproved location for the centrifugal pump. Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a centrifugal jet condenser,having a modified form of supporting means for the condenser chamber,said supporting means being of the columnar type, and the elbow betweenthe condenser and the pump being integral with the pump head. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of a centrifugal jet condenser provided with thecolunmar type of support for the condenser chamber, as also with thereverse form of a centrifugal pump, and shows the connecting elbowbetween the pump and the condenser chamber made as a separate piece fromthe pump head and secured thereto in a suitable manner.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe different figures of the drawing.

In order to illustrate the practical carrying out of my invention, Ihave delineated in the drawings a single specimen or example ofcondenser, the same being of the jet type and having therewith acentrifugal or turbine pump for withdrawing the condensing water, aswell as the steam condensed by the action of said water, the pumpoccupying a position which is not between the condenser and the motor,although it is conveniently placed so that the motor shaft may actuateits impeller.

1 denotes the condenser chamber having a steam inlet 3, opposite towhich is an inlet 2 for the condensing water. At the top of the chamber1 is an air cooler 14 and an air outlet 15, the latter being adapted tobe connected with the vacuum or air pump. The lower end of the chamber 1is provided with a conical lower portion 18, having a manhole 20 foraccess into the interior of the condenser. To the lower art 18 of thecondenser is connected an e bow 19, preferably by means of bolts 11passing through flanges, one on the elbow and one on the condenser,which elbow 19 is likewise connected to the centrifugal or turbine pump4. 7 denotes the head of said pump 4 which is held in place on the sidethereof by means of bolts 10. The elbow 19 is, in Figs. 1 and 3, madeintegral with the head 7 of the pump; but in Fig. 4 it is made separatefrom said head 7 and bolts 8 are employed to connect together theflanges which are on the elbow and the pump head, all as clearlyindicated in Fig. 4. I show both forms, since it is very common to makethem both ways, the elbow being sometimes a separate piece, andsometimes a part of the head.

As I have already said, in my co-pending application hereinabovereferred to, the pum is located between the motor, (an eX- amp e ofwhich is shown at 13, having a motor shaft 12 which drives the impellerof the pump), and the condenser. In the present arrangement, however, Ihave removed the pump from that intermediate position and laced it onthat side of the condenser, whic is preferably opposite to where themotor is located, it being only essential that it should be so situatedthat the shaft of the pump, which is driven by the motor, should runeasily between the motor and the pump impeller. When the pump is thuslocated away from the position of intermediacy between the motor and thecondenser, it becomes accessible on all sides, and is much easier to getat than when placed between the condenser and the motor. This is true,although heretofore it has been the practice in the building andarranging of a centrifugal condenser to place the centrifugal pumpbetween the motor and the condenser. Generally, of course, this has beenthought a more com act form, and one better calculated to enalile themotor to efiectively drive the pump; but the disadvantage of not beingable to get at the interior of the pump easily gave rise to the makingof my invention in condenser supports, which I described and claimed inmy other pending application, hereinabove referred to. of the pump to aposition on the other side of the condenser, although the same reasondoes not always exist for employing symmetrically disposed sup orts, yetI find the combination which is i ustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, consistingof the lateral legs or supports 16, 16, to be of great advantage, and Idesire to distinctly claim such combination herein. These supports 16,as indicated in Fig. 2, are placed at opposite sides of the condenser,and they rest on the base 5, being practically equally distant from thecenter line of the condenser. Hence they are symmetrically disposed withreference to the condenser and to the center line thereof, and theyleave the space under the condenser free for approach to the pump andthe pump head, except in so far as such approach may be obstructed bythe elbow 19 and the drive shaft 12. Suitable bearings on the lowerportion of the condenser chamber 1 rest u on the upper ends of theselegs 16. But I find it also convenient at certain times and in certaininstallations to substitute in lieu of the lateral or symmetricallydisposed supports a single central or axial column 21. This isillustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. Preferably the column 21 is cast as thepart of the elbow 19, although I am not restricted to making it in thisfashion. Column 21 rests firmly upon the base 5. It will be of propersize, diameter and length to enable it to properly perform the work'ofupholding the condenser chamber and the accompanying fittings piping andother parts, and, of course, it must be so proportioned as to evenly andeffectually sustain the weight imposed upon it. As I have alreadyintimated, the form shown in Fig. 4 where the elbow is separate from thepump head, and that shown in Fig. 3 where it is made integral with thepump head, present substitutable and convertible forms, both of which,however, are utilized in different locations, in conjunction with thecolumnar type of condenser support.

The motor 13 may vary very widely as to its construction and motivepower, and the shaft 12 may be supported in any preferred way. In Fig.1, the shaft 12 is shown operating in the bearings 24 and 25, which areon opposite sides of the pump 4 while in Figs. 3 and 4 the bearing 26alongside of the column 21 is used instead of the bearing 24; and on theother side of the pump 24, the bearing 25 is employed as in Fig. 1.

Many changes in the precise construction and arrangement of the variousparts may be made without exceeding the legltimate scope of theinvention as laid down in the ensuing c aims.

With this transfer Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a condenser, and a centrifugal or turbine pumpfor withdrawing the water, of independent lateral supports for thecondenser, means connecting the condenser and pump between saidsupports, and a pump motor located on that side of the condenser axialline opposite to where the pump is situated.

2. The combination with a jet condenser, of a centrifugal or turbinepump for withdrawing the water, said pump having a pump head, an elbowconnecting the condenser with the pump head, and a column centrallybelow the condenser and associated with the said elbow.

3. The combination with a condenser, of a centrifugal or turbine pumphaving a removable head, an elbow integral with the head and connectingit with the condenser, and means for supporting the condenser, saidmeans being arranged below the elbow, and pump driving means on theopposite side of said latter means from that where the pump is situated.

4. The combination with a condenser, and a centrifugal or turbine pumpfor withdrawing the water, of non-central supports for the condenseruniformly disposed at the sides of the condenser, connections betweenthe pump and the condenser including an elbow through which the waterpasses into the pump, and a motor for actuating the pump, which motor islocated on the side of the center axial line of the condenser from thatwhere the pump is situated.

5. The combination with a condenser, of a centrifugal or turbine pumpfor withdrawing the condensing water, said pump having a head,connections between the head and the condenser, and a central verticalcolumn below said connections for upholding the condenser and connectedparts uniformly and evenly.

6. The combination with a jet condenser, of a centrifugal or turbinepump located outside of the central axial line of the condenser and freeof access, means for supporting the condenser without placing any strainupon the pump, and means for driving the pump, said latter means beingsituated on the opposite side of the central line of the condenser fromwhere the pump is situated.

Signed at New York city, this 3rd day of July, 1907.

LOUIS R. ALBERGER.

g lVitnesses:

FRED E. TASKER, C. B. SCI-IROEDER.

